The cryptocurrency industry in Thailand is booming with about 50 initial coin offerings (ICOs) and 20 exchanges showing interest in applying for a digital asset license, according to Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Blockchain companies raised US$1.8 billion through 343 deals during the first half of 2018, a new record for venture capital (VC) investment in the sector that highlights soaring demand from VC firms, according to a new report by blockchain VC firm Outlier Ventures.

A U.S.-based startup company called I've Been Vetted (IBV) is using blockchain technology to prevent workplace crimes. The specific distributed ledger protocol that IBV is using comes from Swiss startup KryptoPal, which provides blockchain solutions for enterprises. IBV is hoping that using blockchain technology in this fashion will help prevent negligent hiring and reduce workplace

Sirin Labs, the maker of the whopping US$16,000 Solarin Android smartphone now building a blockchain phone, will be using a private Ethereum blockchain to built its new line of devices named Finney instead of the IOTA's Tangle distributed ledger technology as initially stated in its whitepaper. (ETH, MIOTA)

The owner of a Hong Kong e-sports and cryptocurrency mining company has vanished after the company allegedly defrauded Macau investors out of HK$20 million (US$2.5 million), according to a report by the Macau News Agency.

Stephen Bliss is a burger-van owner by day, and a top Popular Investor on global trading platform eToro by night. The crypto-crazy 34-year old manages assets worth around $6 million, and almost 5,000 investors match his trades using the unique CopyTrader tool. Bliss - whose eToro username is stebliss - enjoyed incredible gains of 893.16 (BTC)

One of the most used cryptocurrency exchanges, BitMEX, has hit a record one million bitcoin traded in a single day. Co-founder and CEO Arthur Hayes gave CoinJournal his thoughts on why, and what the near future might hold. After dipping below $6,000, Bitcoin is rallying aggressively, said Hayes, who like many others in the crypto-space (BTC, ETH)

Blockchain development shouldn't be rocket science. At the moment, though, the development of the technology is complicated and can be confusing, making it difficult to produce meaningful applications that will achieve mass adoption for end users. For Cache, a token and series of projects, it believes that it has the answer to this problem. As

Skrill, a leading digital wallet and online payment provider part of the Paysafe Group, has launched a new cryptocurrency offering, now letting users from more than 30 countries instantly buy and sell cryptocurrencies.

Peer review is at the heart of scientific publishing. It is the process by which grants are allocated, papers published, academics promoted, and Nobel prizes won. Through the process of peer review, a manuscript is evaluated by experts in a specific field, revised and improved by the authors, and then finally accepted for publication. The

Ernst & Young LLP (EY) has acquired the technology assets and related patents of the Andy Crypto-Asset Accounting and Tax (CAAT), a technology developed by San Francisco-based startup Elevated Consciousness, Inc., that connects with multiple cryptocurrency exchanges and wallets, allowing for better visibility into cryptocurrency transactions and inventory.

eToro, one of the largest social investing platforms has recently published a market research report on Cardano, the blockchain powering the cryptocurrency ADA, and the ADA coin itself. The report is a useful insight for investors, especially in light of Cardano's often complicated scientific and philosophical ethos. The report helps to illustrate the potential of (ADA, ETH)

Cryptocurrency point-of-sale (POS) terminal maker Pundi X Labs (Pundi X) signed a MoU with South Korean smart cards maker Ubivelox on Thursday to support the deployment and development of its devices in South Korea.

WMPRO is launching the EUCLEIA platform both as a blockchain-based professional network and as a standalone white-label service. The new blockchain solution is designed for the word-of-mouth and referral marketing industry to add reliability, speed, security, and scalability. The next generation professional social network from WMPRO and its token offering incorporates a certificator and rating

Chinese blockchain startup Nervos has raised US$28 million in a Series A funding round from Polychain Capital, Sequoia China, and others, to develop a hybrid blockchain network for enterprises decentralized applications (dApps).

Embleema, a Delaware company, emerged from stealth and launched the public beta of its HIPAA-compliant, personal health records blockchain after one year of research and development, the company said on Tuesday. (ETH)

The blockchain revolution is a disruption that is consuming as much energy as an entire country the size of Peru, Israel, or Portugal. Bitminer Factory, based in Italy, aim to make blockchain operations sustainable with renewable energy projects while sharing the benefits with token holders. Bitminer Factory is currently conducting a pre-ICO, with its main

Every year, billions are spent on charitable donations worldwide. Yet for many people, once that money has been given to a charity they don't know where it goes. As a result, trust in the charity industry has dropped. A study from March shows that trust in charities is down by six per cent in the

Bitcoin technology operation Blockstream have recently provided further details on their Liquid sidechain offering, which appears to be shaping into an incredible development for the wider ecosystem. Over the last few years, Blockstream have been quietly working away on the second-layer technologies which will be vital in developing a Bitcoin network which continues to work (BTC)